benefits forgone = opportunity cost

that's how my cost accounting professor defined opportunity cost -- benefits forgone :)

and now, it is super applicable more than ever!

the benefits forgone

today, i was suppose to be buying tickets with classmates for the Semi-finals game this Saturday, September 29 (UST vs. NU). but my friend texted me that we should instead watch our friends' general assembly, because we weren't able to buy Patron seats tickets and two of our friends who supposedly will be watching the game with us aren't sure if they are gonna get a permission to attend their class in the evening instead of having it in the afternoon. before receiving that text from her and since i was desperate to watch the game this Saturday, i chatted my classmate who i saw posting on facebook that he, together with 2 other classmates of ours, are gonna watch the game! my want to watch the game was overwhelming that asked that classmate if i can join him and two other classmates to watch the game! they all said yes and i was relieved... until, my friend texted me to watch the general assembly instead. so i was not feeling comfortable with the idea that i will be watching the game not with my friends but with classmates. and i felt super bad that i would be watching the game live and they wouldn't even though they wanted to watch as well. so awhile ago, an hour before we got dismissed in our last class, i asked for an advice from two of my trusted friends who are also my classmates. i asked what would they prioritize, their want or their time with friends? the other said i should pick my want because it is what i want anyway. and the other, who i trust even more, said that i should watch the GA because these are my friends and there will be more games to come. that friend of mine who i trusted even more knows that i super want to watch these games live and her knowing that part of me and advising what she had advised helped me in deciding not to watch to game and watch the GA instead :D

now, that i got home from school, i chatted a classmate who was one of those who i was suppose to watch the game. i asked if they were able to buy tickets.. and she said yes! and i was half disappointed and like part of me died because i super wanted to watch the game and this could be the last game for our school's team if they lose. but what made me feel better was the thought that i will be with my best buddies in college who i consider as part of my many best friends and i will be there to support them in their performances! :D

so i am still happy whatsoever. the benefit of watching the game live can't replace a guilt-free feeling that i am with my friends and i am gonna be happy with them :D

the cost of the opportunity to watch the last game of the month live is less than the good vibes that i get when i am with my friends doing that one thing that i always do best: supporting them :D

Pinoy Gangnam Style!! :)))

just saw this today thanks to my group/classmate!! :D

THIS IS SUPER AS IN SUPER FUNNY!!!! :))))

IT'S THE BEST DAY EVER!!!

SUPER AWESOME TODAY GUYS!!!

just took a picture with my SUPER CRUSH!! :""""">>>>

can't upload the photo here but if you want to see it, it's my Facebook profile picture :D

anyway, gotta study for 2 quizzes on Monday! :D

TIMELINE MADNESS!!!

it's official. I JUST GOT TIMELINED!!! it's very sad because i was the last wall-user in my group of friends called HIgh Fashion. and i was very careful not to click the "Get Timeline" button. and I SWEAR! and i never swear, this would be my first  and last, I DID NOT press that button!

what happened was i logged in to facebook before going to the school library to study for our last 2 exams for our prelims this first semester. i used Google Chrome and didn't logged out because that's how i always did it on Mozilla (just happen to click Google Chrome first before Mozilla). then when i got back from school and checked on facebook, a banner SUDDENLY appeared on top of my screen and said that I AM USING TIMELINE!! and i was shocked and my mood went down a little (in a very shallow way).

then i took the tour to timeline anyway. i mean, i have to get used to it eventually so i took the liberty of taking a tour. then there was "actually" something good that i can get from this timeline! and that is to change or design my timeline cover! :D

so i guess i have to deal with it and just accept it since i can't change it back to my wall.

like what Walt Disney said, i must "Keep Moving Forward" no matter what happens :D

good night! imma sleep already :)

WIN!

so much WIN today!!!! love it! good night!! :D #pureawesomeness

goodbye summer, 3 days to go before school starts!

WOW! it's June already. and next thing we know, we are half way through the year! that's how time flies so fast.

so i have taken summer classes from April 16 till May 23. it has taken almost all y summer vacation. at least, that's what i thought. i can't imagine what my summer would be like if i had not taken the required summer class for those who did not reach the quota but has no failing marks.

well, i had fun in summer class. first of all, i happen to achieve on of my college goals and that is to have a gay friend! yes! and we are close now. believe it or not, even it's just a month and a week, i get to have a close friend like that. with his guidance, i got to know stuff that i hadn't thought of knowing. of course, i won't tell it here because these are confidential stuff.

also, my summer isn't that bad. i mean it wasn't wasted like every year's summer. the family went to Island Cove, and last May 27 i together with my brother and my mother and her high school friends, went to Cristina Villas in Antipolo which was what i believed to be the last summer vacation that i would have outside Metro Manila before school starts on June 4.

about the Cristina Villas, i would be posting something brief about it. just breif because we didn't sleep overnight and instead went home like about 5pm in the afternoon.

something that i regret because i wasn't able to do this summer was to fix and organize my second year second semester papers. i simply have no time for it. for one reason, i am living my last three days of summer watching movies, reading mangas, playing online games and blogging about stuff that happens to me. so i just have to squeeze it in some time maybe during semester break in October :D

so that's it for now. later, maybe i'll post about Cristina Villas. but for now, i have to charge my laptop because it only has 49 minutes till it's out. so Toodles! :D

awesome movie right over here --v

last May 5th, i was lucky enough to watch one of the awesome movies this summer!

THE AVENGERS

favorite characters: everyone! because they were super awesome and super hilarious all the way :D

never was a dull moment when watching this movie. i say, the director did a great job with all those punch lines and punches literally -- if you know what i mean :)) anyway, if you haven't watched it yet, you're missing not just a quarter, but HALF of your life because that's how AWESOME this movie is! :D

P.S. i wish that the director of this movie will still be the director of the sequel.

birthday celebration with BFF

so my bestfriend and i, supposedly together with our lunch buddy, went to TriNoMa awhile ago. our lunch buddy wasn't able to stay longer because she had volunteered to teach English subject in her school's program. so it was just and my awesome best friend.

it started with lunch time. since it is 3 days after my birthday, i treated her and our lunch buddy to my bff's suggested fast food chain: . then we bought tickets to the Hunger Games movie. killing time an hour before we went in the theater, we went window shopping for my bff's pants -- that she wanted to buy at first but i told her to wait until we finished the movie and see if she still, and if she do like it sitll, then she'll buy it -- but didn't buy since we were both drained from all that Hunger Games excitement.

so now comes the viewing of the movie. every part of that movie was excruciatingly suspense! but what was funny was it was super predictable becasue my best friend already watched it with her sister and she also read the book so she definitely knows what will happen next; and with my super "analysis" skills, i was able to predict little details that was going to happen next in the movie. so it was totally funny because i was with bff and even the least amusing things amuses us big time. so it was funny. :))

of course, i had my favorite line from the movie and my best friend will be the only one to get me if will be posting it on twitter now. it's Katniss's line shouting: "Peeta! Peetaaa!!!" sorry for spoiling but she shouted this when she found Peeta bruised, lying on the grass, camouflaged with his art. and the movie had touching moments between Katniss and Peeta so whenever there was one, i'd say "Peeta! Peeetaaaa!" to my best friend and she would laugh for some unknown reason :))) i kept telling her even when we were on our way home. LOL :D

anyway, as to what i felt in the movie, there were lots! in short, i had so many emotions overflowing in myself after watching the movie. i guess i was super affected by everything that had happened in the movie. but the most prevailing emotions were disappointment to Katniss and pity to Peeta. i was disappointed because obviously, Katniss didn't really loved Peeta. she just used him so they can both win the Hunger Games. on the other hand Peeta loved her for real so i pitied him because of the fact that Katniss only played his feelings :P but that's just me, feeling super affected from all that action and drama. overall...

 THE HUNGER GAMES

AWESOME MOVIE RIGHT THERE! :D

Like it's the...

"End of the World" by Before You Exit

the song that is currently playing in my iTunes, iPod, and Windows Media Player, all, on repeat. THIS SONG IS AWEZOME!!! :D and I love the band! :D

Call Me Maybe by Carly Jepsen

with the artists that i like
(at least most of them but not all... if you know what i mean :D)

P.S. i liked this song in an instant that's why, today, this song plays on repeat in both my Windows Media Player and iTunes

*Special Thanks to: my friend in college who posted this on our group in Facebook. Thanks friend! :D SO CALL ME MAYBE! :D

What My Name Says About Me

this app in facebook just scared the hell out of me because it was too accurate :DD

it's because it is true. i do sometimes or most of the times because i have to say, i kind of or really sometimes judge a book by its cover. it's because it is inevitable. i notice even the smallest details that i can't possibly just bottle up all those tiny details or else i might explode! hehe. just kidding. i won't explode. i'm not even half fat.

about the second sentence, i do need to do that. because most of the times or maybe a couple of times, i suffer because at those times, i don't even think about my own feelings. because sometimes, i'm too nice which is bad. because of this, there are times when i give the last one i have and end up with nothing.

and the last sentence is super true! i have been facing so many challenges. i am currently challenged to regret nothing and just be happy with what i have now. i guess i feel bitter about one thing. that one thing is something that i always thought that i have moved on from. it's about being admitted at the country's state university.

you see, since i am the eldest, just like the science experiments, i am the experimental variable that is to be tested to see if a theory is correct. this means that if they believe in this, and wonder if it applies to this, i am the one who gets experimented with. (you get it, right. i don't have to elaborate on this) anyway, so since that is always the case, sometimes, it is a good thing that i was first to try so i will be the FIRST to experience it. but most of the times, it is a bad thing because as we all know, when we do trial and error method, there is a very high probability that we will get a wrong answer. that is me. whenever my parents experience something new, because of the advancement that is occurring in our generation, they try whatever it is that they think is the right way on me. which sucks. because most of the times, they get the negative results from me and so to avoid the same mistake, they already know what to do and my younger brother gets the positive results. thing is, there is a review center that can help you to pass the state university's entrance exam. so, since my parents are like: that's too expensive for a review center and the review center itself is far from home and you are a girl. even if you passed, you can't go anyway because it is too far and we can't let you live in a dorm. that's what they said.

and so, in short, i didn't even try to give effort into passing the entrance exam of the state university. because i knew of these things that my parents had to say and i was discouraged... NOT! i didn't have hope anyway. in the first place, i reviewed for entrance exams in my high school itself. and they lack in the topics that have to be reviewed for the exam. and the environment was so lax! didn't have motivation. in the review center, they had quizzes once every meeting. no wonder! tsk. so i am bitter. only when the subject comes up the surface. and i am not afraid to tell my parents face to face that i do regret not being able to pass the state university's entrance exam. because i told them that my friends from high school are offering me to be part of a bundle that has a lower fee but at the same time has the right things to teach for entrance exams. but they refused. told me that it was expensive and the review is far. but remembered clearly that i told them that i was going to the center with a friend who lives nearby. so, i was and still am and will be the trial child :(( as long as i'm still studying and there are still upcoming advancements, i will always be the trial child.

and the sad part is that i am still happy about the fact that my brother was able to pass the state university's entrance exam. i pretend that i am ok and not jealous at my brother. yeah sure. why shouldn't i be happy? i was the one who brought him to the review center and had to wait there for 5 hours until his review is done for the day. why wait for that long? well, i am not familiar with the place, so i don't know how to go about it. but it doesn't matter because he passed! :D and all my waiting was worth it. since i am bitter about that, all i can be happy about is that i am having fun right now in the university that i am going to because of my awesome best friends. another thing that i can be happy about and forget about that bitterness is that my brother just passed that freaking entrance exam! hayzzz... i want to feel what he feels right now because whether i like it or not he has a lot of bragging rights with him right now. he just passed freaking state university where all the graduates don't have to apply for job because those job will have to fight for you.

now, aside from no having an edge since i am not studying in the state university, i still have to put a lot of effort so jobs will fight for me as well. about that, i think my chances of experiencing that is lessened since i will be taking the retention exam this summer. that's right. i screwed up the first semester but i passed; i just wasn't able to reach the minimum grade to have to not take the retention exam. so, yeah.

because of all of this,  i am working my butt off! ........ NOT REALLY! well, at least not always. but whenever there is something to be done for school, i always feel like giving it more than my all.  and since the tuition fee is more than twice of the state university's, i am obliged to show my parents that i am worth it. that is what i have to put up with since i didn't pass the state university's entrance exam. i have to prove myself. i have to be positive. i have to reach a goal that is SUPER DUPER HIGH! almost impossible to reach is what i say. but there is a probability to reach if i give super duper extra effort.

talk about myself! i guess i am an expert when it comes to myself. i mean, if there is anyone who knows me the best, it's only me and God. even, God knows me more than i know myself. so He knows what i am capable of. and He won't give me any challenge that i can't surpass with flying colors. that is why, i am not losing hope. even when i knew i wasn't going to study in the state university, i had the last drop of hope in me. there was little hope but i still had hope. and i guess part of me was to be blamed. i guess since i had little hope, i didn't give it my all... or did i. all i know is that i answered the exam with everything that i know. so, perhaps, what i know wasn't enough. i still have to learn. that is why i keep an open mind. if i don't, there is no room for improvement and i will not become a better person.

so that's me. feeling bitter here and then when the topic is surfaced. but truthfully, feeling happy and proud of the fact that my brother made it. and i guess that this is all God's plan and indeed, i am learning from the mistake of not having that much hope. also, since God can see that i am giving my effort now, He gave me awesome friends who help me forget about transferring schools or forget about being bitter of that experience.

i am now feeling much better. well, better since the topic is going to be surfaced for the week since my brother passed and the results just came in yesterday.  so if ever the bitterness starts to show up, i'll just have to think about the awesome things that i have with my college best friends especially the things that happened starting about 6 and a half hours ago and ended 2 hours later that time.

we stayed for 2 hours in our friend's apartment to celebrate the end of preliminary exams for the semester. we had milk tea from Moon Leaf and there wintermelon with pudding is good. music played in my friend's room and we were singing and dancing and laughing about past experiences which are of course funny to imitate :))) especially the one that i did in the library. that is another story but really, i love my friends. they make my day :D

and oh yeah! i told three of them about this blog's site and maybe they'll read this so, HI FRIENDS! :D

and that is what my name says about me. A LOT! it says so much that it was too accurate. and because it was accurate and precise as well, i was able to reflect about myself and come to accept that this is me and somehow i guess i have to change my down sides and strengthen my up sides, learn from my mistakes and rejoice from the right things i do, and avoid to revenge and regret and remember to always forgive and forget like i always do :D

i'm out! PEACE! :D CONGRATZ TO MY BROTHERHOOD! :DDDD

my best friends :D

wow! wait. i just copied the link of my previous post about feeling down because of some irritating and jealous feelings. this post will be like a follow up on that.

this is the link: i-am-down-down-down-down-down that is the title of the post that i had. it is best to read it before continuing with this new post that i am going to make.

it starts with this.

a month after my 18th birthday...

ME: this is so irritating blah blah blah ... because i don't want to be part of this blah blah blah ... how come it never happens to  me blah blah blah ... every single year, they do this to a friend and not thinking of doing it to me blah blah blah ...

i never wanted any gifts and just one special gift is fine but i never got both, the simple special gift and the 'any' gifts from my friends in elementary or in high school. i was jealous of other friends who end up with either or both of the simple special gift and 'any' gifts from friends.

you see, before, i always think that "hey! i want to be part of this because she is my friend too and i think that it would be really nice to be part of something simple yet special gift from all of us who are her friends." i myself did think of doing something special for a friend but it ends up that they thought and acted on it before i did. so, i just went on with their plans of surprising a friend on her birthday.

but then, a month after my 18th birthday, i realized that "hey! it has been 18 years and throughout those years, i have been part of something big for a friend but i was never the one who is "for a friend". how come i am always one of those who is "part of something big"?" -- i just read this paragraph and i think it's a bit complicated but i guess you readers can go back and analyze what i'm trying to say :D

so i was irritated of the thought i am once again part of something big but not the one who is for a friend. i just turned 18. i thought deep and started to realize many things already. i was in the process of thinking my life through ever since i gained consciousness and knowledge about the world.

it has been quite some time that passed. i celebrated my 18 and half year with my college friends. i treated them with Shakey's party pack -- something like that. it had two 8-slice pizzas, two pastas, and ten pieces of fried chicken in a bucket that came with a number of mojos enough for every one int he group (we are originally nine in the group but three friends weren't able to make it so we were six). we had drinks like cola and a liquor (or was it tequila in particular? i forget). it was fun! we played cards. i got little tipsy and dizzy. i peed in sweat pants that i was wearing. every one was confessing about things that we were guilty about. there were secrets and hidden feelings that let out. and of course, we had a sleepover in our friend's house near our school. overall, it was an experience to remember in my whole 18 years of existence.

but you see, when we celebrated, it was also for our first-semester-has-ended party. it was last October 8, friday? wait, i'll check the calendar... oops! it was last October 7, Friday. a week from my real 18 and a half birthday. i was planning to celebrate it with my best friend but it was still a day of her exams so, it was cool. she made up by calling me on over the phone the day after her last day in school for the semester. and that was last October 18, Tuesday, the day after my parents' 19th wedding anniversary. we talked on the phone about stuff that best friends talk about. it was our bonding day on the phone. but even if it was just on the phone it was awesome since i was talking to my best friend and we were having fun! :D and i couldn't forget, she was the first one person to greet me a Happy Brithday on my 18th. she texted me at midnight and it was my first text and birthday greeting of the day! :)

and because of that, i wanted to visit her in her school but failed and i wanted to be her first greeter for her birthday but failed again. failed on so many things but i did something that was a success. i made her cry on her birthday bash! :)) i think that i was the only one who was able to do that and i guess that it was something special that i did for her  :PPP

now, with all that in mind and with all those that i experienced, i forgot about the irritating and jealous feelings and thoughts that i had. i was totally over them. i moved on.

and then came this class Christmas party last December 16, Friday morning. i was shocked! surprise even! full of joy! i thought that it was super inappropriate to cry so i didn't even think about doing it and it never crossed my mind because what happened that morning was only in my dreams. it wasn't as grand as i thought it in my dreams. but it was a something to remember. it was a first in my life. and yes. i am this happy that i am blogging about it. it may sound shallow but that is just the way i am.shallow which is the reason why my best friend's text was already a big thing of present for me and why the mere presence of my little cousin was enough to make my birthday happy. the same reason why i never got one of those simple special or 'any' gifts from friends. because i was shallow and i wouldn't want attention because of my birthday.

but you see, some people understand. they understand that i was shallow and even the simplest of things can please or sadden me.

so you're asking now, why? what happened? why is this Deejey saying these things?

well... they, my college best friends (best friends means not all of the 8 of my friends that are part of my group of closest friends in college), thought of doing the thing that i was jealous and irritated about when i was on the other side of the fence.

they gave me a simple special gift that they funded all together. they freaking surprised me during the class' Christmas party. they sang Happy Birthday for me and then of course gave me my present! the present was simple yet special. it was  a new deck of cards! they know that i play cards and i even play cards with them during our free times. it was simple because it was just a deck of cards. but what made it special was that they thought of it and they thought of me and the cards weren't the ordinary kind. it had a different color. instead of the background being white, it ahd black instead. and it was indeed special because before, my college best friends talked about cards that had different colors other than white background. we talked about how it was more expensive than the famous casino card deck sold in the grocery cashiers. it was unforgettable! i never thought that what we were talking about was the thing that i will be getting as my 18th-birthday present! it was the only tangible present that i got from friends.

when they gave their gift to me, i thought "my high school friends didn't even think of doing something like this for me for my 18th birthday." at least my best friend did something. but my other friends in highschool? well they greeted me alright. via SMS and facebook. well, those are might as well birthday gifts, right? but i felt more loved because of what my college best friends did. i mean, i felt the love from my best friend, i always do. she always gets to tolerate my annoying and irritating characteristics. and i always appreciate her especially when she understands all the time even though i am sometimes unreasonable. i feel her love most especially when she forgives me in times when i do silly and stupid things to her. So, i don't expect anything from her because she does things to me that i don't think anyone can do; and that is to stick with me as her best friend even though i cancel out on the times when we are suppose to see each other or even though i don't visit her house or her school.

what was touching with my best friedn is she never misses out on putting in her Christmas message the lines: i miss you or i love you. that's amazing, right?

the thing is, before, i only felt the love of my best friend, but now, i have felt love from more people; and they are my college best friends.

all in all, i am SURPRISED!!! :D surprised for what my best friends can do for me, may it be my best friend or my college best friends. and i am happy and proud to call them all my best friends. :DDD

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE GHOST PROTOCOL

 NO PLAN. NO BACKUP. NO CHOICE.

Before -- Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to watch this movie with father and brother on Friday, 23rd of December, year 2011 at SM San Lazaro, around 3 in the afternoon.

After -- Mission: ACCOMPLISHED!!! TOM CRUISE/ETHAN HUNT, YOU'RE THE COOLEST AND MOST AWESOME SPY AGENT EVER!!! GWAPO MO! (=^.^=)